linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-2.6.26] [IPV6] Return NET_RX_DROP when a packet is dropped in ipv6

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Date:	Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:52:09 +0900 (JST)
From:	YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明 
	<yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
To:	ramirose@...il.com
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6.26] [IPV6] Return NET_RX_DROP when a packet is
 dropped in ipv6_rcv().

In article <eb3ff54b0804140615u3dd4549fie83ae6818c33beba@...l.gmail.com> (at Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:15:54 +0300), "Rami Rosen" <ramirose@...il.com> says:

> Hi,
> - The IPv6 handler for receiving packets is ipv6_rcv() in net/ipv6/ip6_input.c.
> It is called by netif_receive_skb() (net/core/dev.c)
> According to the documentation, the return value of netif_receive_skb() should
> be NET_RX_DROP when the packet is dropped; though this return value
> is usually not used (except maybe for congestion), this patch fixes the
> ipv6_rcv() to return NET_RX_DROP when the packet is dropped (note that
> NET_RX_DROP value **is not** 0 but 1; NET_RX_SUCCESS value is in fact	0).

Well yes, and I think we should fix other paths as well, right?
So, I'm going to defer this for now.

--yoshfuji
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